Metallic railway-tie.



H. H. BRINKMAN.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-19.1918.

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HARRY BRINKMAN, 0F TOLEDO, OHIU.

Application filed August 19,

'0 alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H. BRINKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Railway -Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to'the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to metallic railway ties of the sort which is composed of two identical sections of channel-bars, placed back to back, and which may be readily assembled and disassembled md is designed to provide cheap, simple and effective means for rigidly securing such sections against relative longitudinal or lateral movement and in such manner as not to weaken the tie or its members. A further object of my invention is to provide a metallic tie of the character indicated in which the devices for securing together the members of the tie as well as for securing the track rails to the tie are integral with the tie members'and of such character that they may readily, by a suitable press or other appropriate mechanism, be struck or sheared from the flanges and the webs of the tie.

To these ends my invention consists of the devices, construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top-plan view of a tie constructed according to my method Fig. 2, a side-elevation of the same; Fig. 3, an end view of the same with the bolts and nuts hereinafter referred to removed, Fig. 4, a sectional top-plan view, taken on line A-A, Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a sectional top-plan view, taken on line AA, Fig. 2, of an alternative method of disposing the retaining and ad justing lugs hereinafter referred to. J

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

Since my tie consists of two parts which are alike, a descri tion of one will sufice for both. A channel-' ar of the usual tie length and of gage and weight requisite for the track and the trafic to be supported, has a Specification-of Letters Patent.

1918. Serial No. mm.

bottom flange 1 which, to provide a suitable base, is broader than the upper flange. The web 2 which connects the base with the top flange 3 is at one end cut away to form a rectangular notch, as at 4. From the opposite end of the bar is struck or sheared a rectangular tongue 5 a trifle narrower than Patented nee. a, rate.-

the notch 4. This tongue is bent outwardly and backwardly to form a hook, the space between the backwardly bent tongue and the web being equal to the thickness of the web. (See Fig. 4) Through the web 2, at one side of its longitudinal center, is punched a rectangular hole 6 forming a connected tongue or lug 7 bent at a right angle to the web. At the, opposite side of its longitudinal center another rectangular hole 8 is punched through the web, thus forming a rectangular tongue 9 bent at a right angle to the web and pro e cting oppositely to the tongue 7. In practice the opening 8 and the tongue 9 are longer. than the opening andtongue 67. Through each of these tongues is a bolt hole 10.

Through the upper flange of the bar, near each end, is struck upwardly a stout tongue or lug 11 disposed relatively to the end of the bar, as indicated in F ig. 1. These tongues or lugs point in the same direction and are sufficiently elevated above .the plane of the upper flange 3 to provide an opening the hole 6 in the web of the other piece, and

the bolt holes 10in the pairs of lugs 7 and 9 will be in alinement. At the same time the hook 5. formed at the end of each web 2 'is in position to slip over and upon the web of the other piece in the opposed notch ll A bolt 12 is passed through the holes 10 in the outwardly projecting lugs 7-9. By setting up the nuts 13 on the bolts the two bars may now be powerfully drawn lengthwise in opposite directions, causing the hooks 5 to slide into engagement with the notched ends of the-web, also causing the lugs or hooks 11 at each end of the tie to approach each other and to thus closely clamp between them the foot of a track-rail. It will be seen that the clamping pressure exerted by the lugs 11 is governed by the pull of the bolts and nuts upon the opposed lugs 79.

While I have explained an embodiment of my invention, 1 do not wish to be confined to the precise construction thus far described, for it may be modified to a certain extent without a departure from the invention, in its proper aspect. For example, instead of forming but one of the lugs integral with the unsevered part 14 of the web 2, both of these lugs, 7 and 9, may be so formed, as illustrated in Fig. 5, with the advantage that a somewhat shorter bolt 12 may be em ployed. v

The structure here described affords a rigid two-part tie in which the parts are held securely clamped to the track-rail and to each other in such fashion that relative longitudinal or lateral movement is entirely obviated. The central unsevered part of the web, indicated at 14, avoids weakening of the bar at this point.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s 1. A tie-member comprising a channel-bar having an upper and a lower horizontal flange connected by a vertical web, said web having therethrough two openings formed by severing from the web,except at one side of the openings,two lugs which project oppositely at right angles to the web, said openings being arranged for thereception of corresponding lugs upon a like tie-member. p

2. A tie-member comprising a channelbar having an upper and a lower horizontal flange connected by a vertical Web, said web having therethrough two openings formed by severing from the web,except at one side,two lugs which project oppositely at right angles to the web, one of said lugs being longer than the other.

3. A tie-member comprising a channelbar having an upper and a lower horizontal flange connected by a vertical web, said web having therethrough two openings formed by severing from the web,except at one side,two lugs which project oppositely at right angles to the web, one of said webs beinglonger than the other, both of said lugs having bolt holes therethrough.

4. A tie-member comprising a channelmess-re bar having upper and lower horizontal flanges connected by a vertical web, said web having at one end a rectangular notch and at its other end having integral therewith a backwardly turned lug, the top flange having integral therewith upwardly struck tongues or lugs adapted for engagement with the bottom flanges of track-rails, the web of said tie-member having integral therewith and at a right-angle thereto oppositely turned lugs struck from said web forming therethrough openings adapted for the reception of lugs upon a like tie-member. 5. In a metallic railway tie, a pair of like channel-bars disposed back to back, means upon the top flanges of said bars for engagement with the foot of a track-rail, means for securing said bars together in relative longitudinal adjustment comprising two oppositely turned lugs formed integral with and at a right-angle to the web of each bar, one of the lugs on each web extending through an opening in the other web to form on opposite sides of the tie two pairs of relatively movable lugs, and means for securing said pairs of lugs in adjusted relation.

6. In a metallic railway tie, a pair of like channel-bars consisting of an upper and a lower horizontal flange connected by a vertical web and disposed back to back, at opposite ends of the'bars interlocking devices which prevent their relative lateral movement, opposed tongues integral with the top flanges of the channel-bars and adapted by p the opposite longitudinal movement of the bars for engagement with the foot of a track-rail, and means for securing said bars together in relative longitudinal adjustment comprising two oppositely turned lugs formed integral with and at a right angle to the web of each bar, one of the lugs on each web extending through an opening in the other web to form on opposite sides of the tie pairs of relatively movable lugs, and a threaded bolt operatively engaged with each of said pairs of lugs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY H. BRINKMAN.

Witnesses:

HERMAN A. STocns'riLL, F. J, FAHLE. 

